Kriegsverbrecherprozeß vor dem Reichsgericht in Leipzig (1920)

Production company
Messter Film GmbH (Berlin)
Source
Bundesarchiv
Category
Wochenschauen

War Crimes Trial before the Reich Court in Leipzig

Intertitle: The start of the trial against the war criminals. The Reich Court building. Images show building, arrival of jurists. Intertitle: Oberreichsanwalt Dr. Ebermayer presides over the trial as the highest judicial official of the Reich, Dr. Ebermayer with attendants. English Attorney General Ellishome Williams, English Member of Parliament, and Public Prosecutor Woods, Member of the English House of Commons, proceed to the building. Various persons, witnesses, etc. enter the courthouse. Berlin - "Upper Silesia should remain German", rally in the Lustgarten against the "Polish terror", demonstration with posters, banners, placards, mass march "Unter den Linden". Berlin. Communist demonstration in memory of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg against the Reich government. March with flags, placards, banners "Unter den Linden". Collection for the International. Gleiwitz. French soldiers as Entente plenipotentiaries, changing of the guard. March with band.  

Source: Bundesarchiv